Indian Wisdom: Or, Examples of the Religious, Philosophical, and Ethical Doctrines of the Hindūs : with a Brief History of the Chief Departments of Sanskṛit Literature, and Some Account of the Past and Present Condition of India, Moral and IntellectualW.H. Allen, 1876 - 541 pages |
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... caused to be prepared , printed , and published , during his recent administration in Bengal , comparative tables of specimens of all the languages of India - Aryan , Dravidian , and aboriginal - the practical benefit of which requires ...
... caused to be prepared , printed , and published , during his recent administration in Bengal , comparative tables of specimens of all the languages of India - Aryan , Dravidian , and aboriginal - the practical benefit of which requires ...
Page ix
... cause of Christianity and good government , more than by controversial discussions or cold donations of guineas and rupees . Let us not forget that this great Eastern empire has been entrusted to our rule , not to be the Corpus vile of ...
... cause of Christianity and good government , more than by controversial discussions or cold donations of guineas and rupees . Let us not forget that this great Eastern empire has been entrusted to our rule , not to be the Corpus vile of ...
Page xxiv
... causes have combined to produce these distinctions . Dif- ference of climate has had its effect in modifying character . Contact with the aboriginal races and with Muhammadans and Europeans has operated differently in different parts of ...
... causes have combined to produce these distinctions . Dif- ference of climate has had its effect in modifying character . Contact with the aboriginal races and with Muhammadans and Europeans has operated differently in different parts of ...
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... causes defilement . Food cooked on board a boat or ship is supposed to destroy caste ; thus , a boat proceeding down ... caused by caste which necessi- tates a large establishment of servants . The man who dresses hair feels himself ...
... causes defilement . Food cooked on board a boat or ship is supposed to destroy caste ; thus , a boat proceeding down ... caused by caste which necessi- tates a large establishment of servants . The man who dresses hair feels himself ...
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... causes almost endless sectarian divisions even among those who worship the same favourite deity . And these differences are enhanced by the close intertwining of religion with social dis- tinctions . The higher classes are supposed ...
... causes almost endless sectarian divisions even among those who worship the same favourite deity . And these differences are enhanced by the close intertwining of religion with social dis- tinctions . The higher classes are supposed ...
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Page 116 - ... suscipit Anchises atque ordine singula pandit. 'principio caelum ac terras camposque liquentes lucentemque globum Lunae Titaniaque astra Spiritus intus alit, .totamque infusa per artus mens agitat molem, et magno se corpore miscet.
Page 149 - When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
Page 476 - Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline, And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed, Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine ? I name thee, O Sakuntala,- and all at once is) said.
Page 248 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page xxx - NEWMABCH.- 2 vols. 8vo. 52s. 6d. Trevelyan (Sir C.) — Original Papers illustrating the History of the Application of the Roman Alphabet to the Languages of India.
Page xlvi - A wife is half the man, his truest friend; A loving wife is a perpetual spring Of virtue, pleasure, wealth; a faithful wife Is his best aid in seeking heavenly bliss; A sweetly-speaking wife is a companion In solitude, a father in advice, A mother in all seasons of distress, A rest in passing through life's wilderness.
Page 23 - The rising sun shines forth above the world. Where'er let loose in space, the mighty waters Have gone depositing a fruitful seed And generating fire, there he arose, Who is the breath and life of all the Gods, Whose mighty glance .looks round the vast expanse Of watery vapour — source of energy, Cause of the sacrifice — the only God Above the gods.
Page xl - Cor. i. 30,) and elsewhere, that in him " are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
Page 411 - Tis a fond thought that to attain the end And object of ambition is to rest; Success doth only mitigate the fever Of anxious expectation; soon the fear Of losing what we have, the constant care Of guarding it doth weary. Ceaseless toil Must be the lot of him who with his hands Supports the canopy that shields his subjects.
Page 447 - This is the sum of all true righteousness— Treat others as thou wouldst thyself be treated. Do nothing to thy neighbor, which hereafter thou would'st not have thy neighbor do to thee. In causing pleasure, or in giving pain, in doing good or injury to others, in granting or refusing a request, a man obtains a proper rule of action by looking on his neighbor as himself.